The bleak winter of 1886 in Berlin was Rizal’s darkest winter because no money arrived from Calamba and he was flat broke. The diamond ring which his sister, Saturnina, gave him was in the pawnshop. In Berlin during the winter days of February, 1886, Rizal made the final revisions on the manuscript of the Noli. But as he was about to finish the novel, he was also gradually losing hope about the Noli's coming to fruition due to severe financial crisis.
Just when he was about to give up, his friend Maximo Viola arrived in Berlin and came to his aid. He had rescued Rizal from desperation and helped him publish the novel - giving him the title "Savior of Noli". They canvassed around town to find the better option for the novel's printing. Eventually they settled for Berliner Buchdruckrei-Action-Gesselschaft, the printing press which charged the lowest rate, at 300 pesos for 2,000 copies. Maximo lent Rizal the money to pay for the publication of Noli. In addition to this, he also gave Rizal extra money to use for his own.
Characters:
James Dayrit as Jose Rizal
Gwyne Gomez as Maximo Viola
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